1. What is the definition of information technology?: It is the technology used to create, maintain, and make information accessible.
2. Which IT
... [Show More] position has the responsibillity of working with routers and switches?: Network Administrator
3. In which generation were silicon chips first used in computers?: Third generation
4. Which low-level language corresponds one to one with assembly?: ma- chine language
5. What allows an organization to use software through the internet?: Saas or Software as a Service
6. What is one of IT's role in golobalization?: It allows companies to reach a wider customer base.
7. Which category of computer has an external flat screen monitor, optical disk drive, and a large capacity hard drive?: Desktop
8. Which two software application packages would be classified as produc- tivity software?: Spreadsheet program and word processor
9. Which two computer peripherals are connected to the computer through a port?: External microphone and USB flash drive
10. Which term is defined as a collection of information used to support management of an organization?: Information system
11. A website logs the timestamp, location, and browser of every visitor. It then aggregates this content into peak traffic times and days,minimum and maximum hits for each country and region, and popularity of certain
browsers among visitors. What is the timestamp considered in this scener- io?: Data
12. a dept manager is creating a budget estimate for the upcoming year. The manager would like to determine whether the data will be available when the decision for the next year have to be made. Which characteristic of valuable data is the manager considering?: Reliable
13. Which two are parts of an information system?: Databases and Networks.
14. What is the difference between processing and storage?: Processing in- volves temporary information, while storage involves permenant information.
15. What type of information processing allows input data to be accepted as a set of records and processed as a unit?: Batch processing [Show Less]